In Brazilian politics, the country’s lower house approved a controversial provision that would grant amnesty to supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who blocked highways following his 2022 election defeat. The measure was inserted by Representative Zé Trovão of the PL party into a broader bill related to minimum freight rates for truck drivers — a legislative maneuver known in Brazilian politics as a “jabuti” (literally “tortoise”), referring to the practice of smuggling unrelated provisions into unrelated legislation.
Separately, Brazilian industry groups and workers’ organizations criticized the latest reduction of the Selic benchmark interest rate as insufficient to reverse what they describe as stagnant investment conditions in the country’s economy.
